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24 He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver. He launched a construction project there[b] and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:24 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.
  2. 1 Kings 16:24 tn Heb “he built up the hill.”